safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
correction; revision; amendment
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to talk (a person) down; to confute
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
fair and square; open and aboveboard
feeling; sense; impression
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
I see; that's right; indeed
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of